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Katie Owens

Katie is a Hydrologic Technician with the USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center. She specializes in continuous water quality monitoring with a focus on data analysis. She is a local database manager and member of the national automated records focus group, data manager forum and continuous water quality nitrate group.

Professional Experience

  • Hydrologic Technician - Ecosystems Science Section - USGS OKI-WSC - 2021 to present

  • Hydrologic Technician - Hydrologic Investigations Section - USGS OKI-WSC - 2019 to 2021

  • Hydrologic Technician - USGS CFWSC - 2017 to 2019

Education and Certifications

  • M.S. in Biology from Bowling Green State University, 2016
    Specialized in limnology and microbiology
    Thesis: Partitioning of phytoplankton and bacteria between water and ice during winter in north temper

  • B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of of New England, 2013

Science and Products

Nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations in the Maumee River and tributaries during 2019 rain-induced fallow conditions

Above average precipitation from October 2018 through July 2019 in the Maumee River (R.) Basin resulted in 29% of cropland left fallow, providing a glimpse of potential effects from decreased nutrient application. Ongoing monitoring at 15 water-quality sites on the Maumee R. upstream from Defiance enabled comparison with 2017, which was hydrologically similar to 2019 in precipitation and streamflo
Authors
Tanja N. Williamson, Kimberly Shaffer, Donna L. Runkle, Matthew John Hardebeck, Edward G. Dobrowolski, Jeffrey W. Frey, Nancy T. Baker, Katie Marie Collier, Carrie A. Huitger, Stephanie P. Kula, Ralph J. Haefner, Lisa M Hartley, Hunter Frederick Crates, J. Jeremy Webber, Dennis P. Finnegan, Nicholas J. Reithel, Chad Toussant, Thomas L. Weaver
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Science and Products

Nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations in the Maumee River and tributaries during 2019 rain-induced fallow conditions

Above average precipitation from October 2018 through July 2019 in the Maumee River (R.) Basin resulted in 29% of cropland left fallow, providing a glimpse of potential effects from decreased nutrient application. Ongoing monitoring at 15 water-quality sites on the Maumee R. upstream from Defiance enabled comparison with 2017, which was hydrologically similar to 2019 in precipitation and streamflo
Authors
Tanja N. Williamson, Kimberly Shaffer, Donna L. Runkle, Matthew John Hardebeck, Edward G. Dobrowolski, Jeffrey W. Frey, Nancy T. Baker, Katie Marie Collier, Carrie A. Huitger, Stephanie P. Kula, Ralph J. Haefner, Lisa M Hartley, Hunter Frederick Crates, J. Jeremy Webber, Dennis P. Finnegan, Nicholas J. Reithel, Chad Toussant, Thomas L. Weaver
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center